A former beauty queen who represented Mexico was found shot to death at her home, shocking the world.
According to foreign media including the Daily Mail on the 23rd (local time), Carolina Flores Gomez (27), the 2017 winner of "Miss Teen Universe Baja California," was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head in a luxury APT. in the Polanco area of Mexico City.
The Mexico City Prosecution Service has classified the case as an "intentional homicide" and launched an investigation. Local investigators are reportedly focusing their probe on Gomez's husband, Alejandro Gomez, who was at the home with her at the time of the incident, his mother, and Gomez's mother-in-law, Erica Maria.
Local reports say Gomez is believed to have died on the 15th, but the police report was not filed until the 16th, a day later. Suspicions are growing over the delayed report, and residents near the APT. testified that they did not hear gunshots or notice anything unusual at the time, leaving the case shrouded in mystery.
Marina del Pilar Avila, governor of Baja California, said at a news conference, "Crimes against women must never go unpunished," and strongly vowed to make the investigation into this case a top priority.
Civil society groups in Mexico are calling for the case to be reclassified not as a simple murder but as a hate crime targeting women—"femicide"—reflecting public outrage over widespread violence against women in Mexico.
Born in 1999 and having just celebrated her birthday on April 4, fans reacted to the tragic news of Gomez with messages such as "so heartbreaking at such a young age" and "I hope the truth is clearly revealed," continuing a wave of mourning.
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